Date:         Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:08:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Don't ever sell your van, if possible!
Comments: To: dragonlist@ipmts.ucsc.edu
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You guys get 2.25 an hour?

I'm moving over the hill. Maybe I can raise my Westy top in your back yard?

tim in his $525,000 dump of a house. In a blighted neighborhood of San Jose
no less.



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>homeprice right now (as we search for our home) for a 900 sf., 2 bedroom, 1
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>something on the order of $450,000-$550,000, depending upon neighborhood
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>once you've scraped yourselves off the floor, you understand why i don't
>give a rat's tail-end for what the neighbors think about my van being
>worked on, in the street or the driveway.  my home purchase is doing
>*nothing* but *increase* their appraisals.
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>bill
>'87 syncro westfalia
>santa cruz, ca
>the #2 most expensive place to buy a home in the country, comparing median
>home price ($525,000) and median income (seems like about $2.25/hour).
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